English Translation

50 Oberkommando derWehrmacht Berlin W 35, Welrersatzamt/Abt. E (Vb) February 1944 Tirpitzufer 72-76 Nr.: 40 277/43 Telex: Ortsyerkgdi 3t t1 IORTCANGAUT 84 00 18/App (Please indicate the date and short content in the reply above business sign, 623) IGEGAN 05MRZ.1944V C01376 AYZ An den Doatsuhos Staatsmainistariym UCL Detponuni Herrn Deutschen Staatsminister für Böhmen und Mähren Prag IV Betr.: Einwerbungen zur Wehrmacht aus der Verwaltung in Böhmischen und Mähren. On your letter of 24.11.1943 - I R V 7130/43, which was sent here by Wehrmacht leadership staff, the following is reported: With regard to the special tension of the replacement situation and the necessity of the fighting force sufficient replacement had to be provided in the autumn of the previous year also from the demand group 7 (administrative) unabsorbed transfers in particular by relatives of the birth years 1901 and younger. In order to avoid major burglaries in the establishment of the administration, the opposition procedure was established after consultation with the General Plenipotentiary for the administration of the Reich, the application of which gave the Reich defense commissioners and Supreme Reich authorities the authority to safeguard the special interests of the Administration during convocations of commanding forces. It is not forgotten that these convenings in Bohemia and Moravia have caused greater visual acuity than in the Old Kingdom, yet in these imperial territories the administrative authorities have also caused by the effects of the hostile 9-6/44